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Event CHI85FA385

1985-09-23 WEST CHICAGO, Illinois, United States Airport · DPA None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N700DK

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 340A

Year of manufacture

1980 · 5 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19800905

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A954E3

Registrant of record

FLYSIX OREGON LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE FALCON 10 TOUCHED DOWN LONG AND FST ON A WET RUNWAY, EXPERIENCED HYDROPLANNING AND WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY,STRUCK A DRAINAGE DITCH AND COLLAPSED THE LANDING GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR CAME BACK AND BENT THE THROTTLE QUADRANT BRACKET, PULLED THE FUEL CONTROLS TO 90 PERCENT POWER. THIS PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT ON ITS BELLY ANOTHER 1000'-1600' UNTIL IT CAME TO A STOP ON A HILLSIDE. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_CHI85FA385.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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